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What's one thing IDEA EASTSIDE COLLEGE PREPARATORY gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
469
High
DISTRICT 676 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 480021113231
IDEA Eastside College Preparatory
2519 MARTIN LUTHER KING DR, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78203 · (210) 239-4800 · Bexar County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL469 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Texas public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
416 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 8 | 89 | 19% |
| Grade 9 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 44 | 9% |
| Grade 12 | 37 | 8% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
42.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +2.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
27.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 2 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 11.0% | 31.0% | 21.0% | 37.0% |
| Mathematics | 5.0% | 22.0% | 39.0% | 34.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 42.0% | 27.0% |
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 29.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 26.0% |
| 2021-22 | 40.0% | 25.0% |
| 2020-21 | 40.0% | 20.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like IDEA Eastside College Preparatory
IDEA Eastside College Preparatory's state test result (35.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDEA Eastside College Preparatory this school | 469 | 88.7% | 35.8% |
| Uplift Mighty Prep High School FORT WORTH | 402 | 88.3% | 33.4% |
| Eastside Early College High School AUSTIN | 663 | 89.1% | 25.2% |
| Marvin E Robinson School of Business and Mgmt DALLAS | 476 | 84.2% | 87.4% |
| New Tech H S at B F Darrell High School DALLAS | 407 | 90.4% | 59.2% |
| YES Prep - Hobby HOUSTON | 685 | 86.4% | 39.4% |
Matched among Texas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where IDEA Eastside College Preparatory ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #1,237 of 1,385 | #67 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #1,154 of 1,425 ▼ 262 | #56 of 82 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,184 of 1,425 ▼ 75 | #63 of 82 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #92 of 1,184 | #11 of 75 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 469 | #940 of 2,107 | #65 of 128 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #439 of 1,344 | #10 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.1% | #973 of 1,346 | #41 of 79 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.7% | #217 of 1,522 | #15 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +39.6% | #97 of 672 | #8 of 32 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
469
-161 (-26%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 22.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 469 | 35.4 | 13.3:1 | 89% (416) |
| 2023-24 | 548 | 33.6 | 16.3:1 | 96% (524) |
| 2022-23 | 599 | 41.4 | 14.5:1 | 90% (541) |
| 2020-21 | 630 | 28 | 22.5:1 | 93% (583) |
| 2017-18 | 336 | 19.5 | 17.2:1 | 93% (312) |
| 2015-16 | 107 | 5 | 21.4:1 | 97% (104) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IDEA Eastside College Preparatory.
Since 2017-18: students up 40% (336 to 469); teachers up 81% (19.5 to 35.4).
About IDEA Eastside College Preparatory
IDEA Eastside College Preparatory is a low-enrollment high school based in SAN ANTONIO, Texas. It has an enrollment of 469 students in grades 6 through 12. On average, high schools in Texas enroll around 796, and this school is 41% below that mark.
IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS operates 125 schools. Combined enrollment is 79,430 students.
The student body at IDEA Eastside College Preparatory is 80% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 17% Black and 3% White. Among all residents of Bexar County, the Hispanic share is about 60%. A diversity index of 33% means there is a 33% chance two randomly chosen students at IDEA Eastside College Preparatory are from different groups.
There are 35.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.3:1. The gap from the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas is 1.8 students per teacher. On the income side, 89% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 63% average for public schools in Bexar County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 Grade, IDEA Eastside College Preparatory lands at D, ahead of 11% of Texas public high schools.
IDEA Eastside College Preparatory posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 35.8%, compared with a predicted 35.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school is in Bexar County, where median household income comes to about $72,341, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Bexar County's 638 public schools enroll about 368,487 students and include IDEA Eastside College Preparatory.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, IDEA Eastside Academy, is less than a tenth of a mile. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, IDEA Eastside College Preparatory is 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around IDEA Eastside College Preparatory as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. IDEA Eastside College Preparatory operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, IDEA Eastside College Preparatory had a net loss of 161 students, or 26%. By 2024-25, the school had 13.3 students per teacher, compared with 22.5 in 2020-21.
IDEA Eastside College Preparatory has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Bexar County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,067,341
Census ACS
Median income
$72,341
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
638
368,487 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- IDEA College Preparatory PharrHigh · 848 students
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- IDEA College PrepHigh · 823 students
- IDEA McAllen College PreparatoryHigh · 820 students
- IDEA Riverview College PreparatoryHigh · 813 students
- IDEA College Preparatory MissionHigh · 798 students
Other schools in SAN ANTONIO
- Reagan High SchoolHigh · 3,403 students
- East Central High SchoolHigh · 3,362 students
- Johnson High SchoolHigh · 3,196 students
- Brennan High SchoolHigh · 2,965 students
- Harlan High SchoolHigh · 2,778 students
- Clark High SchoolHigh · 2,750 students
Nearby schools
- IDEA Eastside Academy0.0 mi · 392
- Dorie Miller Elementary School0.4 mi · 314
- St Philip's College Early College High School0.6 mi · 305
- Smith Elementary School0.8 mi · 408
- Tynan Early Childhood Campus0.8 mi · 155
- Gates Elementary School1.0 mi · 158
Frequently asked questions
About IDEA Eastside College PreparatoryWhat is the total enrollment at IDEA Eastside College Preparatory?
IDEA Eastside College Preparatory enrolls approximately 469 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does IDEA Eastside College Preparatory serve?
IDEA Eastside College Preparatory serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at IDEA Eastside College Preparatory?
The student-to-teacher ratio at IDEA Eastside College Preparatory is approximately 13.3:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at IDEA Eastside College Preparatory?
At IDEA Eastside College Preparatory, the student body is approximately 3% White, 80% Hispanic, 17% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is IDEA Eastside College Preparatory in?
IDEA Eastside College Preparatory is part of IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.